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29/10/2016

Putting Bus Passengers First

This past week marked 30 years since the Thatcher government deregulated the bus industry.

Passenger numbers are now at a record low and the SNP won’t do what it takes to halt the decline and put passengers first.

It is too easy for bus companies to walk away from communities with little or no consultation, as we have seen in Glasgow, Fife and many other parts of the country. Lothian Buses, one of the few remaining publicly-owned bus operators, bucks the trend because it puts passengers before profit.

In an article for STV News, Neil Bibby MSP sets out the arguments for bus regulation, shifting the balance from the owners of the big bus companies to passengers and giving communities more public control over buses in their area.

Scottish Labour's campaign for meaningful regulation of bus services is gathering momentum and you can be a part of it. Sign and share our online petition, calling for bus regulation, here and together let’s put passengers first.

Read Neil Bibby's Detailed Report- Profits before passengers: How the SNP missed the bus on public transport